Mount Sharp

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Mount Sharp, officially known as Aeolis Mons, is a central Martian mountain rising from Gale Crater that NASA’s Curiosity rover has been exploring to study Mars’s geological and climatic history.

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Martian mountain ⓘ
centralPeakOf Gale Crater ⓘ
composedOf sedimentary rock ⓘ
containsEvidenceOf ancient fluvial activity ⓘ
lacustrine deposits ⓘ
past liquid water ⓘ
containsMineral hematite ⓘ
jarosite ⓘ
smectite clays ⓘ
sulfates ⓘ
erodedBy possible ancient water activity ⓘ
wind ⓘ
explorationStartYear 2014 ⓘ
exploredBy Curiosity rover ⓘ
exploredByAgency NASA ⓘ
formedBy sediment deposition in Gale Crater ⓘ
hasApproximateHeight 18,000 feet ⓘ
5.5 kilometers ⓘ
hasCoordinateLatitude -5.4 degrees ⓘ
hasCoordinateLongitude 137.8 degrees east ⓘ
hasFeature clay-bearing units ⓘ
hematite-bearing ridge ⓘ
layered strata ⓘ
sulfate-bearing units ⓘ
hasStratigraphicSequence Clay-bearing unit ⓘ
Murray formation ⓘ
Stimson formation ⓘ
Sulfate-bearing unit ⓘ
Vera Rubin Ridge ⓘ
investigatedWithInstrument APXS ⓘ
CheMin ⓘ
ChemCam ⓘ
DAN ⓘ
MAHLI ⓘ
Mastcam ⓘ
REMS ⓘ
SAM ⓘ
landingSiteRegionOf Curiosity rover ⓘ
locatedIn Gale Crater ⓘ
locatedOn Mars ⓘ
namedAfter Robert P. Sharp ⓘ
nearLandingSite Bradbury Landing ⓘ
officialName Aeolis Mons ⓘ
orbitalImagingBy Mars Express ⓘ
Mars Odyssey ⓘ
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter ⓘ
partOf Aeolis quadrangle ⓘ
scientificInterest Mars climate history ⓘ
Mars habitability ⓘ
ancient Martian lakes ⓘ
sedimentary processes on Mars ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Vera Rubin Ridge → partOf → Mount Sharp ⓘ
Rubin Ridge → partOf → Mount Sharp ⓘ
Aeolis Palus → adjacentTo → Mount Sharp ⓘ
Curiosity → primaryTarget → Gale Crater central mound Mount Sharp ⓘ
linked to: Mount Sharp
Aeolis quadrangle → notableFeature → Gale Crater central mound (Aeolis Mons) ⓘ
linked to: Mount Sharp
Aeolis Mons → alsoKnownAs → Mount Sharp ⓘ
Aeolis Mons → contains → Mount Sharp lower slopes ⓘ
linked to: Mount Sharp
VRR → partOf → Mount Sharp region ⓘ
linked to: Mount Sharp
Hematite Ridge → partOf → Mount Sharp stratigraphy ⓘ
linked to: Mount Sharp
Murray formation → partOf → Mount Sharp ⓘ